Boat handle



Dec. 9, 1952 M. D. ELDER BOAT HANDLE Filed Oct. 16, 1950 Morris 0. Elder INVENTOR.

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Faienteci Dec. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOAT HANDLE Morris D. Elder, Payne, Iowa.

Application October 16, 1950, Serial No. 190,349

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in simple and practical handle constructions and has more particular reference to one which is expressly and properly adapted to facilitate carrying a row boat or the like.

Ordinarily when two persons desire to pick up and move a row boat, one will catch hold of the bow wherever convenient or satisfactory, and the other will grasp the opposite or stern end to best advantage. It has been found that if the two persons catch hold of the opposite sides of the boat midway between the stern and bow, it can be balanced and more easily lifted, lowered and carried. To assist, however, in attaining this end, simple handle devices have been devised and these constitute the subject matter of the instant case.

It is an object of the invention to structurally, functionally and otherwise improve upon special handle constructions and, in so doing, to provide an adaptation in which manufacturers and users will find their essential needs fully met, contained and successfully available.

More specifically, novelty is predicated on the adoption and use of a wire bail whose bight portion is provided with an appropriate hand grip and whose limbs are especially shaped to permit same to be releasably connected with the usual form of oarlock bracket employed on present-day row boats.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view showing a portion of a row boat with the oarlock bracket and showing, in addition, the readily attachable and detachable handle means, the lat ter constructed in accordance with the principles of the instant invention; and

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the handle means per se.

Referring now to the drawings, the row boat is denoted in Figure 1 by the reference character A and the bracket means at B provided with the usual hole pin socket member C. It is to the latter that the handle means 4 is connected. The handle means comprises a wire ball with the wire of appropriate gauge and with the bight portion 6 linearly straight from end to end. The limbs are of duplicate construction and the major portions converge toward each other, as at 8-8, where they then are fashioned into straight runs I0, providing that which may perhaps be best identified as shank portions. These shank portions terminate in outturned clasping and lifting hooks Il -I2. The shanks 10 are passed down through the socket member and the hooks It will engage with the lower edge portions thereof as shown in Figure l. The limbs are sufficiently springy that they may be pressed together to permit the hooks 12 to come sufficiently close together to allow same to be forced down thru the socket.

The hand grip is a wooden roller or the like and this is denoted by the numeral I4. It is on the bight portion 6 and turns freely.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

For use in connection with a row boat having an oarlock bracket on its gunwale midway of the bow and stern; a readily attachable and detachable lifting, lowering and carrying handle for attachment to said oarlock bracket comprising a wire bail of a size and strength to partly lift said boat and embodying a bight portion and. limb portions, the limb portions having their intermediate portions converging toward each other and having their terminal portions linearly straight, perpendicular to said bight portion and disposed in close spaced parallelism to provide shanks, the free ends of said shanks being outturned to provide hooks, and a freely turnable hand-grip on the bight portion of said bail, said handgrip being of a size to accommodate a normal human hand and said shanks being such in length that they are suitably proportioned tocooperate with the stated bracket.

MORRIS D. ELDER.

what is REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 685,901 Baker Nov. 5, 1901 2,147,471 Tyrrell et al Feb. 14, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 78,380 Germany Dec. 11, 1894 546,740 Great Britain July 28, 1942 

